Production Supervisor - 2nd Shift

Known for some of our larger brands - Wave Armor, Otter Outdoors, Beavertail, DOA decoys and Rhino Tuff Tanks - we are a 32 year old international company located in a small town, and we are booming with growth. This family owned, face paced, company is looking for a career-oriented, self-motivated and positive team player to help lead our rotational molding production staff.

We appreciate an  I Can  attitude, a willingness to pick up a shovel and enjoy a simplistic  mundane  task today and a challenging and creative one tomorrow, and understand they all need to get done. You must be solution focused, self- motivated, and driven. Experience in 5S or Lean manufacturing a plus.

You may qualify for a $5,000 Signing Bonus! $2,500 paid after 90 days, $2,500 paid after 1 year.

Rhino is a place for people who care about their work, care about their co‑workers and know how to have fun! We have a passion to be the best in an environment that fosters growth. Every day we embrace challenges and celebrate achievements!

We are committed to employee success and support a core set of values and behaviors that reward and recognize your efforts and talent.

The Production Supervisor will provide their team with daily direction, training and development to ensure quality products are produced, minimize or eliminate defects, and maximize efficiencies (people, machines, and materials). They will be responsible for ensuring the team achieves the company’s on-time delivery goals and meeting or exceeding our customer expectations. As a member of the leadership team, they will engage and retain all team members, lead by example, and make continuous improvements.

In addition, this position is to provide support and collaborate across the business as needed (i.e., providing coverage for deck leads, molders, trimmers, etc.).

• Provide strong, positive leadership to the manufacturing team that maximizes the company’s operations, efficiencies, and safety objectives.
• Understand/achieve specific company targets. Identify quarterly goals and a path to achieve them.
• Direct and oversee operations for SQCD-P - Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, People.
• Lead by example and work with the team to better understand their role and exhibit our  I can  core value. Will provide coverage for Deck Leads (when needed) to run the day‑to‑day business operations.
• Hiring, Performance Evaluation & Development
  • Responsible for interviewing, hiring and new employee on‑boarding for new‑hire success and integration onto the team.
  • Evaluate manufacturing operations staffing and skill set using a training matrix. Create a plan to address talent gaps, when needed.
  • Complete performance reviews and salary evaluations in a timely manner. Make recommendations for team and individual recognition rewards.
  • Responsible for discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy.
• Facilitate production staff training each quarter to ensure ongoing development in cycle time maximization, minimize defects and rework, meet on‑time delivery goals, and meet customer expectations.
• Identify Continuous Improvement projects that align with company goals and submit them to the Continuous Improvement Committee and/or Continuous Improvement Manager (minimum of 6 per year).
• Participate in creating work instructions for standardization and repeated success.
• Collaborate with First Article team to ensure the first article run is completed on‑time and correctly per the work order and first article process guidelines.
• Monitor overtime per the company’s policies to ensure the company controls costs and promotes efficient operations.
• As a safety leader ensuring everyone is working in a safety‑conscious manner, taking necessary precautions to keep self and co‑workers safe, including, but not limited to the following:
  • Maintaining a safe and clean work environment.
  • Identifying and resolving safety concerns.
  • Providing recommendations to staff and management on safety issues and/or work‑related injuries.
  • Participate in corrective and preventative action activities.
  • Performing accident investigations as needed.
• Responsible for all…